Crate.



No. s7|,20 4. Patented Apr. 2, I901.

' J.YJ. BENSON.

CRATE.

Application filed Dec. 15, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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M 7 w c v I ati'h' sn JOHN J. BENSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming" part Of Letters Patent NO. 671,204, dated April2, 1901.

. Application filed December 15, 1900. Serial No. 40,039. (No model.)

T0 to 1077/0771, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN J. BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Crates, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

The invention relates particularly to a packing-crate; and it consistsin the construction thereof, and particularly in the novel formation ofthe bottom-section and'in the means employed for securing said sectionto the crate sides, whereby a compact and rigid structure is obtained.

The invention further consists in the peculiar combination andarrangement of parts and in various details of construction, as will behereinafter described, and shown in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a crate with the bottom-section removed. Fig. 2 is asectional view showing one of the supporting-hooks for thebottom-section in front elevation, and Fig. 3 is a similar sectionshowing the hookin side elevation.

In the drawings the reference-letter A designates solid woodencorner-posts, preferably four in number and each triangular inconfiguration, thebase-sections of the triangular posts extendinginwardly, forming flat faces B, for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

0 designates spaced slats secured to the posts in any suitable manner,forming the crate sides.

Attached by any suitable means, such as the screw D, to the beveled orflat face of each post and at the lower end of the latter is arigidmetallic hook E. The hooks, as shown, are L-shaped in configuration andare so arranged that the laterally and inwardly extending members Fthereof project slightly below the post ends, for the purposehereinafter set forth.

Supported upon the hooks described is the bottom-section G of the crate,the section being arranged between the sides of the latter and servingto brace the sides, thus forming a rigid structure. The section referredto is composed of a rectangular frame H, which rests directly upon thehooks, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and slats I, nailed or otherwisesecured to the frame.

In order that the bottom-section may fit snugly between the crate sidesand conform to the internal contour of the latter, the corners J of theframe are beveled to permit of their abutment against the fiat faces onthe posts. The slats K at the opposite sides of the frame are alsobeveled at the corners for the same reason, as indicated in Fig. 1. Thebottom-section after being arranged in place upon its support may, ifdesired, be nailed "to the crate, as indicatedin Fig. 2.

It will be observed from the construction as thus set forth that theweight of the contents of the crate or the crate load is carried by theposts, which is a desirable construction for obvious reasons; also, themetallic hooks in addition to supporting the bottomsection serve aswear-irons for the crate by having their laterally extending membersprojecting beneath the crate-bottom and below the posts. Thus the wearandtear upon the crate is reduced toa minimum and the life of the latteris prolonged.

What I claim as my invention is- A packing-crate composed of solidwooden corner posts triangular in configuration, spaced slats secured tothe post sides, an L- shaped metallic hook secured to the inwardly- JOHNJ. BENSON.

Witnesses:

L. J. WHITTEMORE, M. B. ODoeHnR'rY.

